题目内容
The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how ______(41) you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would ______(42) not to take the test.
Many students jumped up to ______(43) the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the _______(44) students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last _______(45).” Two more students decided to go.
Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the _______(46). There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just ______(47) an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test _______(48) any teacher could and should give. Students who are not ______(49) in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).
The same is ______(50) in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have ______(51) both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education ______(52) from events in their lives, and have become ______(53) people.
Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you _____(54) that you have some limits (限制). However, there is _____(55) you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.
41. A. luckily B. terribly C. quietly D. hard
42. A. dislike B. help C. prefer D. start
43. A. thank B. praise C. fight D. criticize
44. A. following B. relaxing C. worrying D. remaining
45. A. chance B. trouble C. test D. idea
46. A. results B. presents C. papers D. essays
47. A. given B. sent C. discovered D. received
48. A. where B. that C. what D. when
49. A. confident B. necessary C. mysterious D. convenient
50. A. unusual B. impossible C. true D. special
51. A. broken off B. dreamed of C. learned from D. cared about
52. A. and B. or C. but D. so
53. A. ruder B. cuter C. worse D. better
54. A. decide B. forget C. realize D. imagine
55. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
【主旨大意】本文通过讲述一位老师测试学生的自信心的故事，告诉我们自信是前进的动力。
41. D 根据下文此句“because I know you can do it well”可知答案。
42. C 固定词组“prefer not to do sth.”宁愿不做某事。
43. A 通过语境意思可以得出答案。
44. D 代入法。A项意为“接下来的”；B项意为“放松的”；C项意为“发愁的”；D项意为“剩余的”。根据句意选D。
45. A 根据句意：这是你们的最后机会了。
46. C 从短文第一句得出答案。
47. D 根据句意，选D意为“得到”。
48. B 宾语从句引导词。a test一次测试。
49. A 根据句意：这些想得B的学生没有自信。故选A。
50. C 通过这个小故事，引申出生活的哲理。
51. C 根据句意：这些得A的学生，既学到了成功又体会到了失败。
52. B 固定词组“either…or…”意为“或者……或者……”
53. D 通过这一课他们会变得更好。
54. C 根据句意：你会明白这个道理的。
55. D 没有你不可以完成的事。
